"Image Resolution
Image resolution is sometimes called spatial resolution and refers to the number of pixels in the image, measured in pixels per inch. A 6-megapixel digital camera will produce images that are roughly 3,000 by 2,000 pixels.
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If you have a computer that is getting a bit old or slow, do not try this next exercise. You may regret it!
Open the image 'highresolution.tif' using Photoshop Elements. This is a high-resolution image captured with a 6-megapixel camera. Open the image size dialogue box: select Image>Resize>Image size. Note that the image size is over 14 megabytes. The image measures 2,560 pixels by 1,920 pixels. This image would be over 35 inches wide if shown on a monitor at 72 dpi. Do you have a 36-inch monitor?
Leave Photoshop Elements open for now and start PowerPoint. On a blank slide select Insert>Picture>From File, navigate to the chapter folder and double-click the file 'flower.jpg.' Note that it is far too big for the slide (Fig. 4.2: we thought we would spare you the operative image and let you play with some images from my garden instead!). Most people would simply drag the corner of the image to make it fit, but this leaves the image at the same file size (hope you have a really fast laptop!).
Go back to Photoshop Elements and open the image 'flower.jpg.' We want the image to fit on the PowerPoint screen. Select Image>Resize>Image Size, make sure that 'constrain proportions' is ticked before you change the image size. In the 'Image Size' window, under 'Pixel Dimensions' you will see width and height dimensions. If the dimensions are specified as a percentage, click the drop-down arrows to change these to pixels. Change the number of pixels in width to 400.
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By default the image dimensions are 'constrained', this means that when the width is increased or decreased the height scales by the same amount.
You'll notice next to 'Pixel Dimensions' the image size has been reduced to 352 kilobytes. Save the new image as a .jpeg file ('myflower' will do) and see how much smaller it is now. Using minimal compression to retain quality, it reduces to about 211 kilobytes. Yes, you really have reduced a 14-megabyte image to 211 kilobytes without any loss of quality."